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Weekly Vocab #2.1.12 (repost #1)

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Friday, March 16, 2007, 4:13
Last posted: June 16th, 2003

> From: Christopher Wright <faceloran@...> > > 16 June: > 1. to record > The priests record a separate history. > > 2. archive > Their temples are vast archives. > > 3. scribe > They employ many scribes. > > 4. ink > The ink has lead in it. > > 5. insane > The scribes tend to go insane after a few years. > > 6. to replace > The priests manage to replace the crazy scribes. > > 7. to pay > They must pay them a lot of money. > > 8. rich > The church is quite rich. > > 9. to write > I write neatly. > > 10. job > Perhaps I could get a job as a scribe. > > ~Wright
Bonus Vocab from WordNet: This is randomly selected automatically, so in case it offends you or you disagree, please either ignore or be inspired to make up different words and/or phrases: - Ganymede, n. (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods - come, v. extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles" Fiant verba! ---- If you want to post your own weekly vocab, please do not send it to the list directly. To prevent unbalanced amounts of new vocab, send it to <weeklyvocab@...> in order to enqueue it in the regular weekly posting process. Just write a mail as if addressing the list directly -- it will be forwarded as is.